In a mysterious turn of events, a sugarcane seller and his son have been admitted to SSG Hospital (Sir Sayajirao General Hospital) in Vadodara due to the alleged poisoning of sugarcane juice.

Chetan Soni, a sugarcane seller in Vadodara’s Tarsali, admitted his son Akash to SSG Hospital due to alleged food poisoning after consuming sugarcane juice.

He informed the hospital authorities that his wife Bindu allegedly served Akash a sugarcane juice infused with potassium cyanide.

After further investigation, Makarpura police found that his wife and father died after consuming the same sugarcane juice, and their last rites were performed without informing the police about the poisoning.

The police’s suspicion grew on Soni, and he was taken to the police station for interrogation on the night of May 3.

Thereafter, the police, along with him, reached his residence for further investigation.

Before the police could probe further, Soni rushed to another room and consumed poison. He was also admitted to SSG Hospital and is in critical condition.

An investigation has yet to reveal whether it was a mass family suicide case or murder.

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